DocumentationMarkus Aebersold x Chris Handberg

Markus Aebersold & Chr is Handberg

*1988 in Herzogenbuchsee (CH) *1989 in Skive (DK)

graduated the i r BfA together f rom the Inst i tut Kunst at FHNW Basel in 2017

Artist Statement

To engage with the works of Aebersold and Handberg i t is important to understand the rea l and the v i r tua l as two co-ex ist ing rea lms, wi th sensory exper ience as a br idge between them. Using l ight and sound to erase the border bet-ween object and archi tecture, subject and surrounding, the two art ists create something ak in to a rea l v i r tua l i ty. Often presented without context these „v i r tua l i t ies“ become plat forms where sol ips ist ic and intersubject ive exper iences merge into something intangib le, inducing a lmost hypnot ic states.

„In our installations we often create environments that resonates with spaces inside of ourselves or which we recognise in others. These environments invoke entirely different emotions even between the two of us and can vary from contemplative

to anxious, euphoric to meditative or sometimes almost numinous.Each installation tries to create its own frame of reference but a recurring topic for us is what comes before or after langua-ge. Where these environments might be seen as a manifestation of an emotion or inner space it is also exactly this space

that induces a specific state or emotion onto us.“

All things will know a Name | Installation, 2019Textile, light, fans, soundca. 800 cm x 100 cm x 300 cmhttps://vimeo.com/369967975

All things will know a Name (installationviewl), Wavering Gorunds, PTTH://, Lucerne (CH) All things will know a Name (Detaill), Wavering Gorunds, PTTH://, Lucerne (CH)

1st fold | Installation, 2019In collaboration with Mirjam PlattnerTextile, light, soundca. 800 cm x 600 cm x 400 cm

1st fold (Detail), Attitudes, S.A.L.T.S., Basel (CH) Photos Nicolas Gyselin

A Specious Present | Installation (Detail), 2019with per formance by Legion Seven and l ive concer t by Gerome Johannes GadientMixed mediaca. 1000m2

Installationview (Detail), A Specious Present, Basel (CH) Installationview (Detail: Performance by Legion Seven), A Specious Present, Basel (CH)

A Specious Present | Installation (Detail), 2019with per formance by Legion Seven and l ive concer t by Gerome Johannes GadientMixed mediaca. 1000m2

Installationview (Detail), A Specious Present, Basel (CH) Installationview (Detail), A Specious Present, Basel (CH)

Zustand 22/03/19 | Installation, 2019Mixed mediaDimensions variable https://vimeo.com/330309738

Zustand 22/03/19 (Detail), Hardstrasse 43, Basel (CH)Zustand 22/03/19 (Detail), Hardstrasse 43, Basel (CH)

Physical State | Installation, 2019Styrofoam, fluorescent pigment, b/w animation, beamer, webcam450 cm x 250 cm https://vimeo.com/329606571

Physical State (Detail), Sound Embodied, HeK Haus der elektronischen Künste, Basel (CH)

ioi | Installation, 2018Modified screens, caoutchouc balloon, soundca. 200 cm x 200 cm x 300 cmhttps://vimeo.com/296325465

Installationview, Absolute Solids, Balzer Projects, Basel (CH) ioi (Detail), Absolute Solids, Balzer Projects, Basel (CH)

Monday August 27th 22:14 | Installation Wall and lightdimensions variable

Installationview, Absolute Solids, Balzer Projects, Basel (CH)Monday August 27th 22:14 (Detail), Absolute Solids, Balzer Projects, Basel (CH)

x Severance | Installation, 2018Steel, glass, pinspots, blackened steelca. 118 cm x 40 cm x 17 cm

x Severance (Detail), Absolute Solids, Balzer Projects, Basel (CH)

Sleep Harvest | Installation, 2018Projection screen, steel, LCF lamps, rubber tubeca. 120 cm x 120 cm x 30 cm

Sleep Harvest (Detail), Absolute Solids, Balzer Projects, Basel (CH) installationview, Absolute Solids, Balzer Projects, Basel (CH)

Kairos | Site-Specific Installation, 2018Strobe, sand, molton, charcoal, sansevieria trifasciata.Dimensions variable https://vimeo.com/330203285

Installationview, GGG Ateliers, Basel (CH)

https://vimeo.com/260992351

Growth | Installative Object, 2017Mixed Media, Sound, Light155 cm x 47 cm x 47 cm

Growth (Detail) , Absolute Solids, Balzer Projects, Basel (CH)

Void Loop | Site-specific Installation, 2016Mirrorfoil, LEDs, Arduino, Plexiglass, Sound Transducer, MoltonDimensions variable

https://vimeo.com/278925818

Installationview, Art des Hauses, Büsserach (CH)

https://vimeo.com/210922917

N.E.S.T. - Nebulous Entropic Signal Transmission | Installation, 2017Mesh Wire, Steel Wire, b/w animation, DLP-ProjectorDimensions variable

Installationview, Galerie Stapflehus, Weil am Rhein (DE)Installationview, Jungkunst Winterthur, Winterthur (CH)

B U1.31.3 | Rauminstallation, 2016Record players, led spots, water, aluminum, mirrors, transducers, contact microphonesDimensions variable

https://vimeo.com/194563813

Installationview, University of Applied Arts, Basel (CH)

2019 Regionale 20: Future Perfect, M54, Basel (CH) Wavering Grounds, PTTH://, Lucerne (CH) Attitudes, S.A.L.T.S., Birsfelden (CH) A Specious Present (Solo), Hardstrasse 43, Basel (CH)

2018 Regionale 19: Die Form des Klangs, HeK, Basel (CH) Absolute Solids (Solo), Balzer Projects, Basel (CH) Antipode, OnArte, Minusio (CH) The Society for the Common & Good, GGG Ateliers, Basel (CH)

2017 Attachment x Severance, Substrat, Bern (CH) Jungkunst Winterthur, Winterthur (CH) We Invite you to hope, Kunsthaus Baselland, Muttenz (CH) Junge Kunst, Art des Hauses, Büsserach (CH) Unsterblicher Garten, Städtische Galerie Stapflehus, Weil am Rhein (DE)

2016 Basis Exhibition, HGK Basel, Basel (CH) Das Horst, Der Tank, Basel (CH)

Exhibitions in collaboration

Markus Aebersold sukram.aebersold@gmail.com

Chris Handbergchrishandberg@gmail.com